'Akatsuki' slipped away from Venus due to fuel pressure

The Japan Aeronautics Agency (JAXA) on December 10 revealed the original cause of the Akatsuki probe (Rang Dong) not entering Venus's orbit after a long journey from Earth to the planet. .

The ship failed in a star probe . (Internet photo)

Akatsuki's investigation of the failure showed that the original cause was that the pressure of the ship's fuel chamber had dropped dramatically as soon as it started the reducer.

According to JAXA, the pressure on the fuel chamber decreases due to a problem with the fuel system and the valve of the fuel regulator.

The investigation team discovered the problem after analyzing data that Akatsuki sent back to Earth and scientists came up with countermeasures.

The investigation team found that the reducer was operating normally for the first 2 minutes and 32 seconds. However, the ship then began to fall into a state of turmoil and the tuning system operated after 6 seconds.

JAXA believes that this disorder is caused by a shutdown of the fuel valve, causing the engine to stop midway. 3 minutes 37 seconds later, Akatsuki started an emergency program and gave up on approaching the planet's orbit.

However, JAXA announced the image of Venus that the ship captured on the morning of December 9 after it failed to enter the planet's orbit. The photos above were taken at a distance of 600,000km from the Earth or 1.5 times the distance between the Earth and the Moon.